Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
Woodland Items

WOODLAND. July 18th BE Wah, a prominent
Chinaman, fatally stabbed Lee No, last night
in this city. Lee No died this afternoon. The
two Cinnamon were rivals in love and the affair
arose from that fact. The dead man was chief
cook at the Capital Hotel, and was the leading
man of Woodland Chinatown Be Wah escaped
but Deputy sheriff Pendergrass is in close pur-
suit.
Charles Head, Principal of the Davisville
schools and Miss Clara Z. Mcmillan, were mar
ried near Woodland yesterday. The wedding
was brilliant affair and largely attended
A man named Alpeter was badly injured
near here to-day, Re was driving an iron stake
into the ground when it broke and a splinter
went into ms leg cutting to the bone, and badly
lacerating the limb
man named George Ball was arrested here
last evening for selling liquor TO Indians
The Bribery Charge.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18th. - Bob Morrow
whom Northey has sued for S52 900. returned to-
day, and emphaticalty denies the allegation.
which he characterizes as nothing short of
blackmaii. He says: " / had no connection of
any kind, character or description with Northey
1t is not likely that l could have associated
with man of his stamp. lie says that | per-
suaded him to go to Juror Woods and offer him
$1,000 for his vote to give verdict in the Wright
case OF less than 5000 and promised him 81 900
more for such other jurors as ne could secure
In that case, to get verdict at all in favor of
the Geary street road it would require but four
jurors, which would amount to IS 600 How
could want to give S, 600 when Mrs Wright's
attorney Mr.. Hayes, will tell you that he offered
amount-SS 600? His story IS simply tissue of
falsehoOds. ! never promised 10 make him
rich; that IS another wholesale falsehood.T
Accident to an Aeronau..
STOCKTON, July lSth.-A man known as Pro
fessOr Chester fell from hot-air balloon vester-
day, and was considerably bruised but not dan
gerously injured. He had been engaged as an
attraction at Goodwater Grove, a short distance
from this city. There was q fair-sized crowd.
He did not want to make the ascension on ac-
count of the Wild, but finally consented to 60
up. When he had reached an altitude of ffey
feet the balloon struck a tree. Chester received
large cash in his forehead An attempt was
made to get bin out of the tree when limb
broke and he fell to the ground. He fell on his
lett side and for short time suffered from par
ual paralysis but improved later and viii rroi-
ably recover
Murdered Missionary.
SAN FRANcIsCo. July 1sth.-Information was
received Today from Ounalaska that Bishop
SEEKERS. Catholic missionary, was murdered
in cold blood by his companion on the night of
November 2sth last. The scene of the tragedy
was on the banks of the Yukon river about 500
miles from its mouth and fully sixty miles from
any human habitatlon. The murderer is Frank
accompanied the Bishop as a companion and
servant He gave himself up, bnt no cause for
the deed is given. The murderer is now in
Sitka, where he Will be tried
Towns on Paper.
SAN DIEGo, July 18th The new town site of
Teralta was put on the market to-day at 10
o'clock, and before Il 1000 worth of lots were
taken.
DISSATISFIED BUYEEs
SAN DIEGO, July Isth.-Some of the pure hnsers
of town sites laid out on paper are going to law
to-day to recover their deposits.
A Chiid's Violent Death.
lcopgSi, 1887. BY the cai oysia associated Press
PErALUMA, July 1sth.-Mrs. Platt Gilbert ar
rived on the evening train with the remains of
her tour-year-old son. an only child. They were
visiting relatives at Gonzales, Monterey county.
Yesterday. when chasing a kitten, the boy ran
over the corner of well leo feet deep The
board broke and he fell in, crushing his skull
Butte's Assessment Roll
fccpyiSt, lss7, Ly Tie California 4ssoclatef I,ess
CHICO, July 1sth.-The assessment roll of
Butte county shows an increase of $50 fsS over
last year. The Fernandez Grant. now the Ther-
MALTA Colony. assessed at SO per acre last wear
has been raised s14 per acre. The best quality
OF farming land has been raised $40 per acre
over last year.
Drowned at Pescadero.
PEscADERo, July ISth.-Joe Anderson n Rms
sian Finn, about so years OF age and unmarried
was found drowned this afternoon in Pescafern
creek, above Hayward miu He !eff Mr. Nel.